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'''MAID THAT TENDS THE GOATS, THE''' (Nighean donn nan gabhar). Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part: AABB (Gow/Repository, O'Farrell). Gow (1802) remarks: "Supposed very Ancient." The tune was also printed by James Aird in his 6th collection (1803). Thompson, in his Scottish Airs (1805), stripped Robert Burns original tune for his song "[[Ca' the Yowes]]" and substituted instead the melody for "Maid that Tends the Goats." | '''MAID THAT TENDS THE GOATS, THE''' (Nighean donn nan gabhar). Scottish, Air or Slow Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part: AABB (Gow/Repository, O'Farrell). Gow (1802) remarks: "Supposed very Ancient." The tune was also printed by James Aird in his 6th collection (1803). Thompson, in his Scottish Airs (1805), stripped Robert Burns original tune for his song "[[Ca' the Yowes]]" and substituted instead the melody for "Maid that Tends the Goats." | ||
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MAID THAT TENDS THE GOATS, THE (Nighean donn nan gabhar). Scottish, Air or Slow Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part: AABB (Gow/Repository, O'Farrell). Gow (1802) remarks: "Supposed very Ancient." The tune was also printed by James Aird in his 6th collection (1803). Thompson, in his Scottish Airs (1805), stripped Robert Burns original tune for his song "Ca' the Yowes" and substituted instead the melody for "Maid that Tends the Goats."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 129. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; p. 12. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), 1992 (revised 2001); p. 11. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 121. Patrick MacDonald, No. 138, p. 21.
Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie - "Crosswinds" (1987).
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